Case report
English
Hofmann H, Choi SM, Wilsmann-Theis D, Horre R, de Hoog GS, Bieber T.
Mycoses. 2005 Nov;48(6):456-61.
Abstract
We report on a severe, verrucous facial mycosis and sinusitis in a 12-year-old Libyan girl. Her disease started with verrucous, hyperkeratotic plaques and subcutaneous violet nodules of unknown origin on her face and upper extremities. Despite topical antimycotic therapy she needed in-hospital treatment because of severely progressive tumorous cutaneous and nasal lesions. Microscopic examination of scale samples taken from the upper extremities and the face revealed brown, thick-walled fungal elements. Under the assumption of a chromoblastomycosis, an oral treatment with itraconazole and fluorocytosin was initiated, with significant improvement of the lesions. The aetiological agent was identified as Phialophora verrucosa.
Keywords: chromoblastomycosis,sinusitis,Phialophora verrucosa ,Itraconazole,Fungal
Link/DOI: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1439-0507.2005.01150.x